Liquid staking

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Opposing Centralization in Ethereum Staking
Nixo.eth argues that dominant decentralized staking provider Lido is exploiting a flaw in Ethereum that threatens some of the industry's core values.
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Binance liquid staking ETH (DefiLlama)
Binance’s Liquid Staked Ether Jumps to $1.2B in TVL After Sudden $500M Inflow
The exchange is one of the largest players in ether staking after Lido Finance and Coinbase.
Binance liquid staking ETH (DefiLlama)

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Explaining Ethereum's 'Risk Free' Rate of Return
Liquid staking is one of the few crypto markets that has grown in the bear market. Why?
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Coinbase Ventures' Strategic Investment Sends Rocket Pool Token Surging
The investment branch announced today the purchase of an undisclosed amount of Rocket Pool’s native token RPL, which has jumped more than 9% in the past 24 hours.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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Mantle Introduces New Governing Body for Treasury Management
The new layer 2 network passed a governance vote that establishes the Mantle Economics Committee as well as introduces more liquid staking into the ecosystem by authorizing li...
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Lido Attracted 10K Ether Stakers to Protocol in July
The largest staking service provider also crossed $15 billion in total value locked, a level not seen since May 2022.
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The ether Liquid Staking Derivatives market can add $24 billion in two years. (Micheile/Unsplash)
Ether Liquid Staking Protocols Could Double in 2 Years: HashKey
Ether staking is a $100 billion-plus opportunity, potentially growing into a $1 trillion sector, with liquid staking protocols doubling in size in two years.
The ether Liquid Staking Derivatives market can add $24 billion in two years. (Micheile/Unsplash)

Lybra Finance launched its version 2 test network on Arbitrum Wednesday morning. (Getty Images)
Stablecoin Issuer Lybra Finance Launches Arbitrum Testnet Amid Quest to Be More DeFi-Friendly
Users can now interact with Lybra’s new companion stablecoin peUSD, which is said to be more compatible with decentralized finance protocols than the protocol’s main stablecoi...
Lybra Finance launched its version 2 test network on Arbitrum Wednesday morning. (Getty Images)

Alluvial raises $12 million to further liquid staking protocol (Pixabay)
Brevan Howard Joins $12M Round for Liquid Staking Protocol Alluvial
Ethereal Ventures and Variant co-led the round for Alluvial, creator of the enterprise and institution-focused Liquid Collective.
Alluvial raises $12 million to further liquid staking protocol (Pixabay)

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Liquid Staking Frenzy Spreads to Solana as Drift's 'Super Stake' Offers One-Click Leverage
Drift Protocol’s “Super Stake” is a hit among traders trying to get extra yield on their staked SOL tokens.
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